Below a number of old batteries, used for various
purposes. |
|
Belgian
shop display and battery tester for PLB batteries. PLB batteries were made
by Pile Leclanché Belge S.A. |
With the exception of crystal receivers, all early
radio's used batteries - as many as three types of
batteries in the earliest commercial sets. These batteries were
known as A (filament voltage), B (plate voltage), and C
(grid bias voltage). Later,
batteries became the main power source for portable
(transistor)radios. |
![](Foto's/Auto%20Batterij.jpg) |
![](Foto's/Auto%20Batterij%20(achter).jpg) |
4.5 Volts "Auto Batterij"
multi purpose, from 1927, produced from the mid to late
1920s. |
Reverse side |
![](Foto's/Everready%20Winner%20(voor).jpg) |
![](Foto's/Batterie%20TSF.jpg) |
1.5
- 9 Volts English EverReady "C" grid battery |
1.5
- 9 Volts French "C" grid battery |
![](Foto's/Vidor%20Batterij.jpg) |
![](Foto's/Siemens%20Batterij.jpg) |
1.5
- 9 Volts English Vidor "C" grid battery |
1.5
- 9
Volts English Siemens "C" grid battery |
![](Foto's/Ductretet-Thomson%20TR1045%201960%20(batterij).jpg) |
![](Foto's/Witte%20Kat%20batterij.jpg) |
6 Volts/9 volts French Leclanché
battery from the sixties |
3-15 Volt Witte Kat
"C" grid battery from the fifties |
![](Foto's/Exide%20Drydex%20Battery.jpg) |
![](Foto's/Marspen%20batterij.jpg) |
1.5
- 9 Volts English Exide Drydex "C" grid battery |
1.5 -9 Volt Marspen
grid bias battery made for Marks & Spencer |
![](Foto's/EverReady%20B%20batterij.jpg) |
![](Foto's/Columbia%20A%20Batterij.jpg) |
45
Volts American EveReady "B" battery |
1.5 Volts American Columbia "A"
battery |